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Giants’ Victor Cruz Needs More Time to Heal

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Victor Cruz said Thursday that doctors were prohibiting him from testing his injured left calf for several more days, if not much longer. There is no timetable for Cruz’s return to the Giants’ lineup.

Cruz aggravated the strain in his calf, which he first injured in mid-August, in practice last week. The next day the area was injected with platelet-rich plasma, known as P.R.P., to promote healing and reduce inflammation.

“I want to sprint, and I want to do the treadmill, but they continue to hold me back until there’s 10 full days for the P.